Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) had a lifelong friendship with his Spanish compatriot Joan Miró (1893-1983). However, both artists were very different in terms of their personalities and styles. The round
Picasso, twelve years his senior, was already a renowned artist when Miró visited him for the first time in Paris at the end of February 1920. The parental families knew each other from Barcelona and were in friendly contact. Thus,
Miró Picasso on the occasion of their first meeting a cake from his mother. Picasso supported the young colleague by putting him in touch with Parisian art dealers. Miró’s first exhibition at La Licorne Gallery in Paris
in the summer of 1921, however, it was not successful. In a letter to Picasso, he confessed that Barcelona was “about 50 years behind” Paris in terms of the artistic avant-garde. This is a pulsating
For him, the metropolis becomes a place where he can follow the latest avant-garde trends and assimilate them artistically.

Source: https://www.kunstmuseum-picasso-muenster.de/fileadmin/content/pdf/PDFs_Presseinfos/Picasso-Miro-Wandtexte.pdf